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Expo Center Replacement Plan

An Austin, Texas, group is pitching a plan to replace the city’s Travis County Expo Center with a 15,000-capacity arena and a 40,000-capacity outdoor facility.

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East Austin District Rendering

Austin Sports & Entertainment, co-founded by sports media execs Sean Foley and Andrew Nestor, teamed with Rodeo Austin are working with officials to make the East Austin District multi-use complex a reality, according to a press release.

The complex, designed by architect groups BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and STG Design, would include a convention space, retail, medical facilities, office space and eight courtyards.

“The East Austin District represents an opportunity for Austin to combine what it needs with what it wants – community infrastructure for District 1 with world-class facilities for sports, entertainment and hospitality,” Foley and Nestor said in a statement. “We are in active discussions with leading organizations, including our partners, Rodeo Austin, as well as various corporations to serve as anchors to accelerate the vision of the Spirit of East Austin Forum.”

Austin Mayor Steve Adler is encouraged by the plan, especially if it brings stability to the area.

“It’s an old facility, and there is a need to update it and expand the breadth of its uses,” he told the Austin-Statesman. “We need to do things on the eastern crescent of the city. We should be investing in that part of town.”